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Chapter 1155: Five Children Capture the Dragon

The soft sensation coming from his arm told Zhuo Geng that his strike had missed the main target. As a slight pain emerged from his waist, accompanied by a series of metallic friction sounds, a figure slid from behind him to the front."As expected of the Dragon King, my blade couldn’t even break your skin!"

Zhuo Geng looked down at his waist where his clothes had torn, revealing dragon scales that had risen in automatic defense, with a knife mark visible on them. He then looked up at the instigator of all this. This person seemed familiar from the Sword Discussion Conference, probably one of the Bloodshed Child of Origin, yet he hadn’t participated in the competition. He had only appeared during the initial conflict with the Investigation Hall, so Zhuo Geng didn’t know his name.

"What’s your name?" Zhuo Geng asked, raising his head.

"Shitang Longsi!" said Shitang Longsi, possessed by Thanatos, the Rebellious Child of the Demon God, now more bizarre and frenzied in his demeanor. While Zhuo Geng asked, he wiped the blade of his long knife and stated his name.

Upon hearing this, Zhuo Geng nodded and scanned the others, pausing on Ivan before looking at the remaining two with a sneer. "If I recall correctly, he’s called Ivan. So, you two must be the Bloodshed’s newly nurtured Child of Origin from the prizes. Could you tell me your names?"

"I am Bai Ze," Bai Ze responded with a hand gesture and a smile at Zhuo Geng.

When the last person removed her hood revealing a somewhat pale face, Zhuo Geng was taken aback. She was a woman, and a woman he had never seen before within the Bloodshed faction. She looked barely seventeen or eighteen, her appearance not stunning yet also not unattractive. If one had to describe her, ordinary would be appropriate; she was the type of person who wouldn’t stand out in a crowd and could easily be forgotten.

"I don’t wish to tell you my name. If you need a name, you can call me Night," said the girl who called herself Night slowly.

"Very well! All five Bloodshed’s Child of Origin are here. Your teacher truly thinks highly of me! During the Sword Discussion Conference, Pei Yan took on three of you and killed one, sending you fleeing in chaos, and now you’ve recovered so quickly to flaunt in front of me?"

"Heh heh heh, Zhuo Geng, you’re not Pei Yan, and even if Pei Yan were here today, we would ensure his demise!" Countered Nero, suppressing the bloodline disorder within and returning to formation.

"Bold words, today, I’ll teach you presumptuous whelps a lesson, so you understand there’s always someone better."

After speaking, Zhuo Geng roared, plunging rapidly toward the earth. As he descended swiftly, the five Child of Origin felt an astonishing pressure. Despite their attempts to resist with the Source Energy, they were swept down to the ground by the overpowering force.

"Damn it, this feels like that brat from the Investigation Hall’s ability." After the series of crashes onto the earth, Shitang Longsi stood up from the shallow pit, unable to refrain from complaining amidst the swirling dust.

Before he could steady himself, the ground quaked violently again. Despite his several attempts to steady himself, the tremors kept toppling him. Numerous efforts later, Shitang Longsi realized the ground’s temperature beneath his feet was rising. Red glows flashed from gaps in the cracking earth, with scorching lava gushing forth intermittently.

"Everyone, be careful!"

Bai Ze’s warning came from not far away, though it was unnecessary as the others were well aware. Shitang Longsi kept trying to leap off the ground, but each attempt to soar high was thwarted by the oppressive force enveloping the canyon. Left with no choice, he opted for low-altitude leaps to evade the breaking land and erupting lava.

"Kamikaze Thunder God! Capture the enemy leader first!" With his long knife drawn, Shitang Longsi activated his remarkable Ghostly Heavenly Soldier ability, dashing toward the central area that caused this chaos, ready to attack the Dragon King.

The grand tremors hadn’t ceased, transforming the entire valley dramatically. The once lush, verdant canyon had turned into scorched earth under the bombardment of various energies. The cliff walls of the valley crumbled repeatedly, draping over the recently deceased Dragon Race warriors’ bodies. As the earth tremors’ frequency intensified within the valley, some Dragon Race corpses were swallowed by lava in massive fractures, while others were hurled airborne with debris due to the shaking.

Shitang Longsi, attacking in such an environment, moved swiftly, his figure darting among the gushing lava and flying debris, shrouded in thunderous light. In no time, he reached behind Zhuo Geng, slashing with his Origin Power-imbued long knife aimed at his back.

Boom! A boulder suddenly rose to block behind Zhuo Geng. Shitang Longsi’s blade didn’t halt, slicing the boulder in two as though cutting through tofu. But beyond the stone, no sign of the Dragon King was left.

Thud! A dull thud echoed instantly. Spotting the Dragon King’s movement with his peripheral vision too late, Shitang Longsi saw a claw aiming for his knife-wielding elbow. With little choice, Shitang Longsi withdrew his knife to defend, yet before he could raise it, he felt a heavy blow to his back, thrusting him forward.

Wondering how the foe managed to ambush him from that position, the enemy redirected the claw aimed at his elbow, grasping his head to prevent his fall forward. The claw pierced his scalp, forcing him to the ground. In that instant, Shitang Longsi saw what struck him—

A tail! A dragon tail, brimming with scales, was flicking back and forth behind the Dragon God.

"Substitute Technique?" Zhuo Geng mumbled, annoyed, looking at the head in his hand turning to mush. Similarly, when he countered before, it appeared Shitang Longsi mastered a high-level Substitute Technique.

The irritation didn’t last long, as those from Bloodshed gave him no reprieve. Just as he repelled Shitang Longsi’s attack, a sharp whooshing came from behind. Before turning back, the Dragon King swung his tail in defense, yet missed, feeling pain as the opponent dodged and gripped his dragon tail.

Incensed at daring to engage the Dragon King in melee, he turned to claw at the one gripping his tail. The dragon claw rose high but halted halfway down.

"Heh heh heh, Dragon King, your son’s bloodline has been a great asset to me, but now I’m more interested in the power within you," Nero said with a sinister smile, his newly crafted mechanical arm restraining the Dragon King’s claw.